By Matt Grossman

CVS Health Corp.'s Covid-19 vaccination program for long-term care facilities is on track, the Woonsocket, R.I.-based pharmacy and healthcare company said Wednesday.

The company said it is administering vaccines in skilled-nursing facilities in 49 states, after it added 36 states and Washington, D.C., to its roll-out last week. CVS said it expects to finish administering first doses in the nearly 8,000 skilled-nursing facilities where it is providing vaccines by Jan. 25.

By next week, states will have given CVS the go-ahead to begin vaccinations at nearly 31,000 assisted-living facilities, the company said.

CVS Health Chief Executive Larry Merlo said the vaccination effort is challenging because it requires health-care providers to make in-room visits to each resident at the facilities that are part of the program.

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